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A Tomorrow?

Preparing for the future never hurts those who have faith of there even being one. Nonetheless, it calms the nerves of meaningless stresses and frustrations that tend to lead us to the brink of insanity. Many might agree that living the moment would be the best way to spend one’s day when not knowing of there being a tomorrow, but what they forget to question themselves about is, how will they face the consequences that resulted from their choice when a tomorrow does come. Being realistic in one's choice of how to spend their day, without knowing of there being a tomorrow, doesn't necessarily mean that they are wasting what they have now, and not living it to the fullest. On the contrary, it means quite the opposite of that notion. Those who live their today’s to its fullest in fear of there not being a tomorrow, only trap themselves into a state of anxiety and fear. Preparation and reasonable thoughts simply tend to quell the frustration experienced by those who live in fear of there not being a future. Although it may be a gamble, it’s always better to be prepared and expectant of whether there might or might not be a tomorrow.
In order to decide how to spend one’s day without a clear thought of there being a tomorrow, I believe that a level of maturity and experience must be gained and met, due to the unpredictable results of one’s actions. In the two poems between the shepherd and the nymph, the shepherd takes the position of living in the moment, while the nymph takes the position of using the time and day to prepare for the future rather than just live for the moment. After taking both of these perspectives, I seem to speculate more upon the nymph’s point of view, because her response to the shepherd’s offer w...

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...by making other lives better”. After contemplating with this quote, I am given a greater sense of fulfillment, and realize that living a selfless life is the best way to live my day when faced with an uncertain future. We learn that when we are given our last day of life, we tend to reveal our true selves. Through this discovery, we should make our decisions while having faith of there being a tomorrow.
As we continue to live our lives we began to realize that what we do each day is driven by whether there will be a tomorrow. The decisions we make and actions we choose take when spending our day, are all based off the assumptions that we create when looking towards an unpredictable future. Since we have no clue of the future, preparing for it never harms those who have faith of there even being one.

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https://medium.com/advice-to-graduates/668f37dd51b1

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